My anniversary was on Monday, and I ate much good food while out with my husband. I was surprised yesterday to see a 1.0 lb loss, but alas, today I am up to 214.4 (up 1.2 from yesterday - up 0.2 from Monday). So, I am still hovering at 214 ish as I have been for close to a week. *sigh*
However, I know we can do it. Last summer, I lost 35 lbs and made it to Onederland. I swore then I would never be over 200 again. HA! Anyway, this is how I know I can do this....
Auntie G and Arabella - I lost 4.6 pounds!!! I was estatic but I know I cannot keep that kind of weight loss up, I will be happy with a steady 2 pounds a week...just want to get under 200 so bad!!! But I will get there...
Arabella - I know how you feel about the carbs...they tend to get me too, but as a diabetic I try to stay away from alot of them...I lose alot more that way.
Hope you all have a great day !! Cant wait until we all can say we are under the big 200!!!
Carri, a big WOO HOO to you! 4.6 lbs closer to goal!
Hey Anagram! Butterflies symbolize the whole weight loss thing, don't you think? Coming out of the old cocoon... Gotta love 'em! And nice to meet another Pennsylvanian! I'm outside of Philly.
Hello everyone. Checking in I weight in at 213 today. I've open my Nintendo DS My Weight Loss Coach and I really like it! I feel it would be great for any stage of your eating plan. It is based on babysteps and will help with workouts, eating and trivia so many things. The only thing is the pedometer is on the big side but it does plus into the ds and add your steps. So I will forgive it for that. I really feel this is going to be a very useful tool to help me get the ball rolling on to onelander and beyond!!
I went over my calories last night by about 250 calories so not feeling real good about myself this morning...I know it isnt that much...I will do better today! I also need to start exercising...I am very lazy by nature and hate to do it ...especially when it is 90 degrees out...I do have some dvd's I can do inside though...
Cashew - 213 sounds great...hope to be there sooner than later...
Auntie G - Thanks...i was very excited about the loss
212.4. And I just decided against eating more after lunch. I was actually rooting through the freezer looking for a little container of whole wheat pasta/pesto. Which I eventually found. But being bent over like that made me realize I was actually full already.
I used to bend over if I couldn't decide if I was hungry or not. That was when I was totally committed to eating when I was hungry and ONLY when I was hungry. For some reason, it seems to give me definite signals, one way or the other. And I should resume that rule again, too... Takes a little getting used to but really feels good when I get going with it, like freedom. Instead of enslavement.
Anagram! So happy to see you in here. I don't know what all this resistance to losing is about but we shall persevere and we shall TRIUMPH!
MrsWolf, yes, we know it can be done and we will do it!
Satine, wow! Nice starter bonus! I'd send you some nice, cool good-for-exercise weather if I could
Auntie G, I agree! (Tee-hee) K, I'm stopping now. This is a very coocoonish enterprise. I think my fat is definitely a protective wrapping. Hmmm... maybe that's where the resistance comes in.
Cashew, the Coach sounds great. I started wearing a pedometer every day back in January and it's really helped keep me motivated.
Okey-doke. Back to work for me. I might nip out to do the grocery shopping first...
Ok, continuing on the butterfly theme, I've always found this story to be very inspirational, so I'm posting it in case someone hasn't heard it before!
A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could go no further.
So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings.
The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time. Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly.
What the man, in his kindness and haste, did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were nature's way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. If we were allowed to go through our lives without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been. We could never fly.
Today, I workout for 50 minutes and am loving My Fitness Coach for the DS. It has given me nudges to be healthier and fitness. I did 10 squats today. That to me is something and I also made a challenge to take 15 minutes to eat my breakfast sitting down. Not always an easy thing for me while having to run here or there. Today I made sure I had time for it. I usually skip this very important meal. TOM so my moods were anywhere from high to low and I’ve stuck with my plan!
Satine, it is great that you had set a goal to do better today. I also need that nudge/shove in fitness and the temps outside someday just don’t work out. Thank good ness for workout DVDs! I hope all went well for you today.
Arabell , Way to go listening to your body and taking action not to eat! I’ve not tried that before. I’ll have to give it a try.
Auntie g , I love the butterfly story! Thanks for sharing!!
211.6. Marginally better... It occurs to me that I might have to work harder to get better results. *Slaps self on forehead* Who'da thunk it?
Auntie G, I've been thinking along similar lines lately. But I feel like I've been hanging out in the cocoon beyond the best before date.
Cashew, I'm trying to eat breakfast earlier. I was just reading somewhere that when we eat within an hour of waking up, it helps to stabilize our blood sugar and minimize hunger and cravings all day. I almost never eat that soon -- usually hang around and drink tea for a while, exercise, shower... It's just about 3 hours, usually. I'm trying to have something sooner -- a smoothie, maybe, or a handful of nuts.
K, co-travelers, let's keep the destination in mind today.
Hi Girls ...I just put a piece of Bazooka in my mouth, package says 15 calories...I usually chew sugarfree gum but this was calling me, even as I type this it is losing its flavor, ha ha
I did good yesterday, I think I need new batteries in my tanita scale at home, it doesnt seem to be moving that much and it is extremely slow to finally bring up the weight, it has been a year or two since I changed them...
We are going over to our good friends house tonight, it is his 38th birthday, and there will be CAKE!!!! and not just a cake, my favorite kind from Costco with the cream cheese filling in the center...Lord give me strength !!!
I will let you know over the weekend if I made it or not !!!
Arabella - very interesting on the bending over thing to see if you are actually hungry, I might have to try that...
Cashew - if you can stay on plan while on TOM you can do it anytime, that is the most challenging time for me, good job!! and on the exercise as well!!
Loved the butterfly story - just love butterflies all around.
What a nice weight loss there, satine.
Ok, I said I was 208 something (after being 207 something the day before). Yesterday I was at 211 something and today back at 209. All very discouraging but I know eventually the low gets lower.
made it to two tai chi classes this week but only to fitness center once - bad, bad.
Feeling very lazy now so shall go watch Dr. phil or something for a bit. Just had an apple and feeling more human. Lunch was a yogurt, some cantalope and two rice cakes. Feeling virtuous though. Hope it lasts - want to get rid of this extra water of the last couple of days. Looking six months pregnant and feeling blah about it all.
TGIF is right, Arabella - ready to kick back -ike I don't all the time.
214. Ugh. 4 pieces of sugar-free chocolate pb fudge yesterday afternoon, combined with a late dinner and some sort of bug. Pah. Didn't want to weigh in, didn't want to come report. But I think that as long as I keep weighing and reporting I eventually make progress.
On the bright side, I am starting to get my head around the South Beach idea. It's just getting started on it that's the issue. Once I get going it's not too difficult and I feel great. Which would be nice.
I've gotten supplies, lots of veggies, beans, quinoa to have for breakfast cereal.
Carri, good luck with that cake! Mmmm... cream cheese filling
I think the wash is done and I'd better hit the trail. Let's make this a good one!
2 lbs closer! 208.5 this morning. A tough weekend ahead, though, with a birthday/graduation party tonight and a baby shower tomorrow, but I'm hoping to be sensible...
Arabella, I weigh every day, too, but only Saturday "counts"- that way the daily fluctuations aren't as painful. But hang in there!
Anagram, I've always wanted to try tai chi. At least you're getting in some exercise, even if it's not as much as you'd like. Keep it up!
That cake sounds TOO tempting. And the p.b. choc fudge - yum, yum - anything with p.b.
I agree not every day should count. My fluctuations are nutso. I'm back to 208 today after being up to 211 plus this week. I used to count only Thursdays. May go back to that. But then I'd miss today which is one I like. I had four days the prior week when I was at 208.8 (and one when I was 207.6) so maybe I've managed to lose a teeny bit.
I started w/"regular" tai chi but now am taking at a senior center so it's adapted but basic concepts. Does help.
Having trouble getting me going so I'm going out to sit on the patio while the day is still so lovely. Work can wait.
I'd like to join. My home scale has had me 192-198 over teh last week, and that's what I use for my ticker.... but I think my scale is wrong. I go to teh gym most every day, adn I get on the scale there too. 5 days ago, that scale hit an alltime low, 202.2. I've been working hard since then, trying to get those 2 lbs to budge.. but instead teh scale has said 208, 206 and 204 today
anyway, hoping to be under 200 on ALL scales soon!
Last summer, I lost 35 lbs and made it to Onederland. I swore then I would never be over 200 again. HA! Anyway, this is how I know I can do this.... 
and hate to do it ...especially when it is 90 degrees out...I do have some dvd's I can do inside though...
Another day on the journey
So happy to see you in here. I don't know what all this resistance to losing is about but we shall persevere and we shall TRIUMPH! 
Nice starter bonus! I'd send you some nice, cool good-for-exercise weather if I could 
